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"And Just Like That…" Teases Carrie & Aidan's REUNION
And conscionable similar that, it's astir clip for the Sex and the City revival to beryllium backmost connected your tv screens.
Mario Cantone has teased what to expect from And Just Like That... when it yet returns for play two. He spoke exclusively to E! News astatine the 7th Annual Blue Jacket Fashion Show successful New York City wherever helium discussed filming without his precocious co-star, Willie Garson.
"We miss him terribly. We truly do," Cantone shared connected Feb. 1. "He's decidedly talked astir successful the adjacent season. We support him alive. I miss him a lot."
Garson, who played the stylish Stanford Blatch successful the SATC bid and its follow-up films, passed distant from pancreatic cancer astatine the property of 57 successful September 2021.
Unfortunately for Cantone, this is not the archetypal clip he's mislaid a loved 1 to cancer. His ain begetter died from prostate crab successful 1996, which inspired the histrion to statesman taking portion successful the yearly manner amusement that raises consciousness for prostate crab and crab screenings (Cantone's parent besides died from cancer).
"It's a backstage thing. You don't privation it to get excessively private, wherever you don't spell retired and get assistance oregon get checked," helium said of prostate-specific antigen tests. "Health is simply a precise backstage thing. It's betwixt you and your doc oregon doctors. But you've gotta get retired determination and get checked. Men person to, they truly do. Go get checked, get your PSA."
According to Cantone, who has played Anthony Marentino since play 3 of SATC, filming is astir halfway implicit for Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and the remainder of the HBO Max cast.
"I'm Team Che (Sara Ramirez). I emotion each pistillate connected the show," helium shared. "I emotion Nicole [Ari Parker]. I emotion Karen Pittman. Of course, I emotion my S.J. very, precise overmuch and Kristin and Cynthia. But, you know, I've go precise affable with Sarita Choudhury, who I perfectly adore. And I benignant of get huffy erstwhile I don't get to spot her that often, she has a batch of societal obligations, that one."
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Cantone, who wore a customized Gustavo Moscoso suit and scarf for the event, besides commented connected John Corbett officially rejoining his erstwhile co-stars aft skipping play 1 of AJLT. "I emotion John, I emotion the actor. He's a fantastic guy," helium dished. "And boy, does helium look incredible. Oh yeah, helium looks great."
But what tin fans expect from Anthony without Stanford by his side?
"I inactive got my bakery," Cantone confirmed. "Hot Fellas bread, that's a genius idea. I was a wedding planner before, but I ne'er got that cheery gene. I don't cognize however to enactment thing together. I did prime up this scarf, though."
"[Director and writer] Michael Patrick King decidedly knew that helium wanted to bash thing culinary with maine and knew I loved to bake, truthful helium came up with the full idea," helium explained. "I was doing sourdough breadstuff earlier Covid!"
See what Anthony's got cooking erstwhile And Just Like That... inevitably returns to HBO Max for play two.
But until then, here's everything we cognize astir the amusement truthful far:
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The Return of Aidan
In August, Deadline reported that John Corbett—who played Carrie's fellow Aidan connected seasons 3 and 4 of Sex and the City—would beryllium returning for "a substantial, multi-episode arc" connected play two. In January 2023, HBO Max officially confirmed Corbett's play 2 casting with first look photos.
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Tony Danza Is Che Diaz's Dad...Kinda
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The Dress
In a Nov. 3 photograph from the And Just Like That... set, Carrie was seen wearing her iconic Vivienne Westwood formal from her wedding to Mr. Big (Chris Noth) successful the 2008 Sex and the City movie.
Do we hear more wedding bells?
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A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor
Charlotte's beloved canine Elizabeth Taylor was noticeably absent successful play one, which near immoderate fans befuddled. Charlotte did person a caller bulldog named Richard Burton, but it didn't rather consciousness close that the bequest and interaction of Elizabeth went unaddressed.
In play two, a incorrect appears to person been righted. In a Nov. 15 Instagram post, costumer designers Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago shared an lipid coating of Elizabeth Taylor wearing a Burberry sweater, writing, "On charlotte's hallway wall."
Kristin Davis adjacent commented, "My archetypal baby."
May she remainder successful peace.
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A Return to Joy
While play 1 of And Just Like That... was an undeniable nostalgia rush, it was a bit....bleak. An full play centered astir decease and grief volition bash that.
However, the 2nd play promises a enactment of caller air, astatine slightest according to Sarah Aubrey, HBO Max's caput of originals.
"What you're seeing this play is each of these characters embracing life," Aubrey told Variety Nov. 10. "It's a precise joyful play and I think, successful immoderate ways, it feels similar iconic Sex and the City episodes."
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Will We Actually See Samantha?
Despite those optimistic texts exchanged by Carrie and Samantha successful the finale—a astonishment Kim Cattrall instrumentality doesn't look to beryllium successful the cards.
In June, Sarah Jessica Parker said the continued sermon astir the evident feud betwixt the actresses has been "painful." SJP confirmed that Cattrall was ne'er asked to look connected And Just Like That... due to the fact that "she made it wide that that wasn't thing she wanted to pursue," and nary evident advancement has been made since.
There's ever play three!
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A Premiere Date
While nary nonstop premiere day has been acceptable yet, HBO Max confirmed that the amusement volition get sometime successful 2023.
Here's hoping the hold flies backmost successful a New York minute.
—Reporting by Saryn Chorney
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